Panel kills bill to raise gas tax

Published February 26, 2008 5:00am ET



A Virginia House panel killed a bill Monday that would have raised the state’s 17.5-cent gasoline tax by a nickel over the next five years.

The bill, which would have used the tax money to maintain the state’s highways, died in a 14-6 House Finance Committee vote after passing the Democrat-controlled Senate last week.

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